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qosThere is nothing happening at work today. My boss is at an off-site meeting all day and there is nothing for me to do. Even my nemesis, Miss Vicki, isn't making her usual condesending demands for my services.
I've got my new writing journal out, and have been doing character sketches and other tidbits, taking advantage of the "pump-priming" effect that the Kushiel books had on me, but that's still at trickle level.
Please -- if you have questions for me (personal, academic, theological, theoretical. . . ), conversational gambits, writing challenges, links to fascinating and/or obcure bits of knowledge -- share them with me! I'm two steps from nuts.
Number Five says: INNN-PUT!
(How many of you does *that* reference date?)
I've got my new writing journal out, and have been doing character sketches and other tidbits, taking advantage of the "pump-priming" effect that the Kushiel books had on me, but that's still at trickle level.
Please -- if you have questions for me (personal, academic, theological, theoretical. . . ), conversational gambits, writing challenges, links to fascinating and/or obcure bits of knowledge -- share them with me! I'm two steps from nuts.
Number Five says: INNN-PUT!
(How many of you does *that* reference date?)
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Date: 2004-03-24 10:48 am (UTC)It was a hard one for some green blooded alien.
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Date: 2004-03-24 11:01 am (UTC)How am I?
Keenly aware that virtually all the important issues in my life can not be solved or resolved by anything I can will at this moment: my vocational dilemmas, my father's illness, my employment situation. . .
It's a Hanged Man kind of state: this is a time to surrender to the Higher Power, invert my perspective, release my desire for control, and let life/spirit move me where it will.
I visited my parents' pastor yesterday afternoon to talk about my vocational issues. I ended up in tears, but felt better for it afterward. I'm doing the right thing in going to school right now. I don't know where it's leading, but for now I will content to be on the path and let the journey reveal its mysteries as I go.
As for my father - I was expecting this on some level, so the shock is not what it might have been. And it's not something that is going to have an immediate dramatic impact, so life goes on. I don't mean that to sound cold, but there's not much to react *to* yet. Ask me again when he starts to have trouble using the computer because his finger control is going, or when he starts to have trouble driving, or when his fear overcomes him and he will need his daughter to be strong enough for him to be able to lean on me emotionally. I'll probably post something quite different then.
Thanks for asking.
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Date: 2004-03-24 12:00 pm (UTC)One thing I live life by 'Life is easy, I screw it up.'
What that means what ever will happen with or with out my input. I should enjoy what I have and be thankful for it. I stopped worring about the futrue a long time ago. As long as I can be happy with my self and my God. Things are good. It is when I stop thinking about them and worry about it, I stop loving my wife and doing Gods will.
Well that is just me.
Don't forget, if you need someone to lean on I will be with you too if you need it.
(no subject)
Date: 2004-03-24 11:01 am (UTC)Hello.
I came across your jour journal via
(no subject)
Date: 2004-03-24 11:02 am (UTC)I noticed you had joined my friend-of list a few days ago.
May I ask what it is about my entries that prompted you to friend me?
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Date: 2004-03-24 11:50 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-03-24 01:05 pm (UTC)Looking at your interests list, we seem to have more differences than similarities -- although that's a great beginning for conversations.
What is "Sigur Ros"?
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Date: 2004-03-24 11:29 am (UTC)I consider myself a pantheist who is not sold on Christ's divinity, at least in the traditional literal bibical sense. I do greatly appreciate Matthew Fox's view though. (why I friended you) I like ritual but when it is taken too far (as in some pagan groups) I can find it silly. I am moved by some things in the Catholic church but of course, the actual policies I find intolerable. I have attended one UU church that I found too dry and intellectual.
Where would you recommend I go to explore finding a spiritual community?
Thanks!
Searching
Date: 2004-03-24 12:38 pm (UTC)I don't know what your region is like in the way of having options for different spiritual communities. . . I'd start by looking for women's spirituality groups, or finding listings for spirituality conferences or events on the internet and attending some. If you like Matthew Fox, his institute for Creation Centered Spirituality has many local groups that meet together. Their website could provide some leads. Metaphysical or new age bookstores often have listings for spiritual groups or events that can lead to new contacts. That's how I found my Swedenborgian congregation: they met in a bookstore I went to.
Being something of a hermit by nature, I haven't done a lot of deliberate seeking out of community, so I don't have a lot of experience to draw on. I hope these suggestions are helpful!
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Date: 2004-03-24 11:31 am (UTC)here's a random question:
A stranger walks up to you on the street and says "You are the most beautiful person I have seen."
What is your reaction? Do you beleive them? Why do you think they are saying this? What do you say or do in response? What do you feel and why?
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Date: 2004-03-24 12:54 pm (UTC)Just reading the question gave me a jolt of pleasure and surprise!
Being about 40 pounds overweight and tending to go very casually dressed, I'm an unlikely candidate for such a declaration, but I have been found beautiful from time to time.
If it happened in real life, my first response would be to let out a single burst of laughter, and then ask, "Why did you say that?" I would feel pleasure and surprise, but also suspicion, since most people, of course, do not do things like this.
I would hope the person - male or female (as you were very careful not to indicate gender in your question) - answered me sincerely. I would assume that they weren't actually moved by my beauty, but were a writer or actor or someone who had accepted a dare.
If they were actually sincere, I'd be a bit unnerved. Since my physical package isn't what it might be, I'd assume they were either a) touched by something beyond my physical appearance, or b) were lonely and desperate and had decided to fasten on me to fulfill their needs.
No DISASSEMBLE!
Date: 2004-03-24 12:35 pm (UTC)Have you done any HARN research? This might be a good time to understand more about the game (: There are manuals online as well, I recommend a good immersion.
Re: No DISASSEMBLE!
Date: 2004-03-24 12:55 pm (UTC)I'll see what I can find.
innnnput, stephanie!
Date: 2004-03-24 03:35 pm (UTC)Re: innnnput, stephanie!
Date: 2004-03-24 07:53 pm (UTC)I made one phone call to tell someone my boss was delayed in traffic on her way to a meeting. I told someone else that each floor has a tv/vcr combination in the A conference rooms. I got two notebooks out of the supply cabinet for people in need. I stuffed 10 t-shirts and letters in interoffice mail envelopes and put them in the out box. And that was the sum total of my work day. Not counting LJ, of course.
But they're paying me $16/hour, so I'm not going to whine too much about it. (If it's not too late to say that!)